Monday, September 28, 2009
How Genetic Disorders Happen
Genetic abnormalities can happen due to small mutation in a single gene,an addition or deletion of an entire chromosome or set of chromosomes.
XX Female, XY MALE
Either of a pair of chromosomes that determine whether an individual is male or female. The sex chromosomes of mammals are designated X and Y; in humans, they constitute one pair of the total 23 pairs of chromosomes. Individuals possessing two X chromosomes (XX) are female; those having one X and one Y chromosome (XY) are male. The X chromosome is larger and carries more genetic information than the Y. Traits controlled only by genes found on the X chromosome (e.g., red-green colour blindness- only males) are said to be sex-linked.
Sex-linked traits occur far more frequently in males than in females, since a male inheriting an allele for a recessive (see recessiveness) trait on the X chromosome lacks a corresponding allele on the Y chromosome that might counteract its effects. Several disorders are associated with an abnormal number of sex chromosomes, including Turner syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome (which we will discuss in class).
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